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June 2015

June 19, 2015

Inside Out (2015)

Take a deep dive into your own head. Do an archaeological dig. Work your way...

June 12, 2015

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

It's explosive fun. It's even more fun the second time. And I think it'll be...

May 2015

May 25, 2015

Tomorrowland? Or Tomorrow-bland?

I hoped that Brad Bird would experience a much more positive response to his own...

February 2015

February 22, 2015

My Favorite Film of 2014: The Strange Little Cat

[This review was included in my Favorite Films of 2014 post. But, for the archives,...

February 21, 2015

Something, Anything

Ida, Ewa, Gloria, and now... the final contestant in this, the Looking Closer Beauty Pageant. Readers,...

January 2015

January 09, 2015

Looking Closer at Selma: My Review and Some Other Perspectives

By choosing intimacy over an epic scale, by going small instead of large, by discernment...

December 2014

December 13, 2014

The Fault in Our Stars (2014): First Impressions

If I were struggling with cancer, I suspect this movie would come across as punch...

December 12, 2014

Moses and Errin’ — A Review of Exodus: Gods and Kings

Dear Ridley Scott, My name is Aaron. I'm the brother of Moses. In the Holy...

November 2014

November 27, 2014

Looking Closer’s Thanksgiving Movie: Terrence Malick’s The New World

So, putting on my film critic hat, I will do as I usually do at...

November 22, 2014

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 — My First Impressions

Our futures will be shaped by the capacity of rising generations to challenge and test...

November 21, 2014

Looking Closer at “Saving Christmas”: Featuring Novelist N. D. Wilson’s Review

I've been talking to my new friend N. D. Wilson, author of Boys of Blur,...

November 15, 2014

Interstellar (2014)

After I got home from seeing Interstellar — I saw it in good old-fashioned 35...

November 13, 2014

Birdman (2014)

I've read that Birdman is a movie that pulls back the curtain to reveal (surprise!)...

October 2014

October 27, 2014

Now on Netflix: Django Unchained

On Christmas Day 2012 — while Americans were still grieving for victims of the Newtown...

October 25, 2014

Ragamuffin (2014) – A Guest Review by Martin Stillion

"... if the goal of Ragamuffin is to get viewers to reconsider the life and...

October 15, 2014

A Priest With a Death Sentence: Looking Closer at Calvary

"I don't think it will be winning any awards from the Christian world. ... It...

October 02, 2014

Looking Closer at Left Behind – The Movie!

This post will be updated over the next few days, so check back as this...

September 2014

September 26, 2014

The Song “Shares the Weaknesses of Most Faith-Based Films”

I've received two emails this week asking for my opinion of The Song. This is...

September 23, 2014

Looking Closer at The Hundred-Foot Journey

As I joined the line to buy tickets for a mid-afternoon matinee showing of Guardians...

September 20, 2014

Is Chef the Greatest Movie Ever Made About Sandwich-Making?

What are the greatest movie moments that involve sandwiches?

September 16, 2014

Have You Ever Changed Your Mind About a Movie? (or How I Got “Dead Poets Society” Wrong)

Alissa Wilkinson, chief film critic for Christianity Today, asked me if I've ever changed my...

September 13, 2014

Up for a Celebrity Impressions Road Trip?

It works as a buddy movie, as a "foodie" film, as a meditation on a...

August 2014

August 30, 2014

Snowpiercer (2014): A Few First-Impression Notes

Terry Gilliam's Brazil + Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Delicatessen + Peter Weir's The Truman Show + Alfonso...

August 25, 2014

Critics Vs. Audiences: Whom Shall We Trust?

When I shared some reviews that question the quality of a faith-based film, I received...

August 23, 2014

Looking Closer at When the Game Stands Tall

"When the Game Stands Tall" is getting a lot of attention in evangelical Christian culture...

August 15, 2014

The Flood Hits Home Video: Give Noah a Chance

Since Aronofsky's surprisingly (and maddeningly) controversial film "Noah" has finally arrived on home video (video...

July 2014

July 18, 2014

Looking Closer at Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Movie Reviewer so busy! Movie Reviewer scrambling to keep up with interesting movies this summer....

July 06, 2014

Five Years Later: Pixar’s Up Remains an Achievem- … SQUIRREL!

This summer is the fifth anniversary of the theatrical release of Up, and it is...

July 04, 2014

The 2014 Looking Closer Beauty Pageant — Contestant 3: Gloria

Just so happens that the first two contestants in the 2014 Looking Closer Beauty pageant...

June 2014

June 17, 2014

The 2014 Looking Closer Beauty Pageant — Contestant 1: Ida

Welcome to the 2014 Looking Closer Beauty Pageant. So far this year, I've found four...